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Mistral Medium vs GLM-4.5-Air

Mistral
Mistral Medium
Z.ai
GLM-4.5-Air
Overview
CompanyMistralZ.ai
Release dateDec 2023Jul 28 2025
AccessProprietaryOpen Weight
Specifications
Parameters
106B
Benchmarks
Coding
SWE-Bench Verified
59.8%
Timeline
Release gapMistral Medium shipped 605 days before GLM-4.5-Air

Which is better: Mistral Medium or GLM-4.5-Air?

Mistral Medium and GLM-4.5-Air don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Mistral Medium shipped 605 days before GLM-4.5-Air, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Mistral Medium is proprietary, while GLM-4.5-Air is open weight.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Mistral Medium and GLM-4.5-Air don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.

Frequently asked questions

Mistral Medium was released by Mistral on Dec 2023.

GLM-4.5-Air was released by Z.ai on Jul 28 2025.

Mistral Medium is a proprietary model released by Mistral. GLM-4.5-Air is an open weight model released by Z.ai.

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